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Bertrand Russell makes a distinction between two different kinds of knowledge: knowledge by acquaintance and knowledge by description. Whereas knowledge...

contemporary writer recalls his early days in New York City, when he makes the acquaintance of his remarkable neighbor, Holly Golightly, who is one of Capote's...

first stanza of the James Watson ballad: Should Old Acquaintance be forgot, and never thought upon; The flames of Love extinguished, and fully past and gone:...

island immediately catches her attention. On the train, Miranda makes the acquaintance of five other guests — Donald Walker, an American journalist; Lawrence...

underworld lingo and a couple of odes to the nobility of cops. We have also been privileged to make the acquaintance of several colorful underworld types…...

that allowed her an education at Oxford University, to travel the world, and to make the acquaintance of people who would become influential policy-makers...

entertainment center, the titular Man Suang. Along his journey, he is accompanied by Wan, his best friend, and makes the acquaintance of Chatra, a nobleman...

attaches himself to him. The purpose of Myshkin's trip is to make the acquaintance of his distant relative Lizaveta Prokofyevna, and to make inquiries about...

he calls "the Silver". But he was not only the first who enabled the learned world to make the acquaintance of the Gothic translation of the Gospels in...

and to make the acquaintance of other local bands, including a melodically friendly group called The Mr. T Experience. A vibrant local scene began to congeal...

making the rounds among Hellenistic connoisseurs of the first century CE: Apelles travelled to Protogenes' home in Rhodes to make the acquaintance of this...

Levi Andreev to reconstruct the faces of the woman and the American man. At the dacha of Chief Prosecutor Iamskoy, Renko makes the acquaintance of American...

Meanwhile, Rory makes the acquaintance of the heir to the Huntzberger Publishing Company, Logan Huntzberger (Matt Czuchry), who invites her to join a Yale...

investigation makes the acquaintance of Lady Sybil Ramkin, who breeds small swamp dragons, and gives an underdeveloped dragon named Errol to the Watch as a...

make the acquaintance of Wickham, when they are joined by Darcy and Bingley who are just crossing the city on horseback. Only Elizabeth, burning to know...

and at the encouragement of Tony's doctor ("Love and Kindness"), the newlywed couple makes a fresh start ("Happy to Make Your Acquaintance"). Cleo arrives...

investigate the death. Over the next few days, several other bizarre deaths occur. William and Adso make the acquaintance of Salvatore, a hunchback who...

A zero-acquaintance situation requires a perceiver to make a judgment about a target with whom the perceiver has had no prior social interaction. These...

Meanwhile, Jack and the Sawhorse arrive at the Emerald City and make the acquaintance of His Majesty the Scarecrow. Jinjur and her crew invade the Emerald City...

street; an English aristocrat (Andy Warhol) who seems dismayed to make her acquaintance, a kind and elderly woman named Mrs. Helen Fiedke (Mona Washbourne)...